(meteorobs) possible fireball in Portugal - update

Andrei Ol'khovatov olkhov at mail.ru
Fri Jun 4 08:27:16 EDT 2004


Dear Paulo,

If the radar tracked the lights indeed, they could not have been meteoroidal
bolides.
Could you clarify geographical coordinates of the event?

Are there any other news on the event?

Best wishes,
Andrei Ol'khovatov
Russia, Moscow

----- Original Message -----
From: Paulo Heleno <meteoro at sapo.pt>
To: <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 5:35 PM
Subject: (meteorobs) possible fireball in Portugal - update


>
> Portuguese airforce stated that 2 objects were detected in radar: one,
> cruising at about 12000 m...the other was cruising at 2000 m and then,
> climbed up to 7000 m, at an estimated speed of 800 Km/h.
> No noise was heard, and the object was envolved in smoke, with white light
>
> Paulo
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